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Steward is a Beta— a clone. In his memories, he’s an elite commando for an orbital policorp— but because his Alpha never did a brain-scan update, Steward’s memories are fifteen years out of date . . . and in those fifteen years, everything has changed.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Walter Jon Williams
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 278
- Publisher
- T. Doherty Associates
- Editions
- 1
- ISBN
- 9780812557855
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American fiction writer. Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984), a series of historical novels set during the age of sail.
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